Deer Jet Airlines was established in 1995 as subsidiary of Hainan Airlines. In 1998, it began offering international services under the Deer Air branding. In October 2007, it received its first Airbus A319 and began returning the formerly operated Boeing 737s. Deer Jet began providing charter services in December 2008 using a fleet of A319s and corporate jets. The airline was authorized by the Civil Aviation Administration of China to operate scheduled air services in 2009.
Deer Jet Airlines was divided into two companies on May 4, 2010. While the charter operation has kept the Deer Jet branding, scheduled operations using Airbus aircraft were renamed Capital Airlines. Capital Airlines operates mainly in China (including the Hong Kong and Macao special autonomous regions) and Taiwan, focusing on international air passenger service and cargo transport operations.
Liveries
Gulfstream G450, registration B-8250, built 2012, serial number 4234 Cointrin (GVA), Geneva, Switzerland, 20 February 2018
Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner BBJ, registration 2-DEER, built 2014, serial number 35309 Schiphol (AMS/EHAM), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 23 March 2018
